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Ear Parts - The Oracle or the Pina
The Pina is the bendy squishy swirly part of your ear that sticks off your head. The outer rim on top is the helix underneath is the anti helix, then the concha, the tragus, anti-tragus and the lobule. As we wind our way through the ear canal, what's underneath the skin goes from bendy cartilage to very firm bone. It's really just a thin piece of tissue that stretches across the end of your ear canal like the top of a drum.
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